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Ron Paul is beginning to experience his very own Herman Cain moment. I say this, not because I am alleging Dr. Paul has had an affair, but he has committed adultery. Adultery in thought, where as he publicly espouses one view, but the underlying truth is that he believes much differently. Now there seems to be a deluge of information coming back to haunt Dr. Paul. Here is just one more thing to consider, Ron Paul in 1990 John Birch Society Documentary on the United Nations taking over the United States.

The Texas congressman, who defended the newsletters when they first became a political issue in 1996, has since disavowed their contents repeatedly. But in a 1998 John Birch Society film unearthed by Andy Kaczynski, Paul endorsed some of the more paranoid ideas outlined in the Ron Paul Survival Report—including the the idea that a United Nations dictatorship was imminent:

This Week in Republican Wisdow….. Ron Paul supports Wisc. Gov. Walker. According to Paul people should have the right to organize just not the right to use the power of their numbers to negotiate. It should be a voluntary contract between big business or government and the workers. And we all know how well big business and government works for worker’s rights. Union’s are not forced on anyone and in fact, they have been vital to the growth of America, and crucial for worker’s rights.

(Tx Monthly) Every January TEXAS MONTHLY picks a Bum Steer of the Year, an honor conferred on whatever individual we feel has been responsible for the biggest screw-up, gaffe, fumble, stumble, train wreck, or humiliation of the past twelve months. This year, as the above cover (available on newsstands next week) makes pretty darn clear, our Bum Steer of the Year is Governor Rick Perry. Because this is not an award we relished bestowing, we are moved to offer an account of our decision to do so.